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STONYHURST PUPILS STRIKE GOLD IN MATHS CHALLENGE

A GROUP of pupils from Stonyhurst College claimed an impressive tally of 42 gold, silver and bronze medals from the latest round of the UK Maths Intermediate Challenge 2009.

The competition organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust* saw 180,000 entrants this year, with only 6% winning gold medals.

Stonyhurst College team of 69 pupils was awarded eight gold, 13 silver and 21 bronze medals.

Gold medal winner Hannah Phoenix (15) from Gisburn also received the ‘Best In School’ award and goes through with four other pupils from the college to the next round, when teams from 25 countries take part.

The Trust invites competitors from Years 9, 10 and 11. Two of the Stonyhurst gold medals were won by Year 9 pupils, a highly commendable achievement, and both will go through to the next round.

“We are very impressed with the number of medals won by our pupils. The exam they took lasted an hour with 25 multiple choice questions. The five pupils going through to the next round are looking forward to the challenge,” said Mr David Rawkins, Head of Mathematics.

In addition to the recent Maths Challenge success Philip Alton, Allamin Daggash, Haruki Kawano, Jason Kwok, Tony Lee, Anson Leung, John Leung, Anna Marlborough, Pawel Rzemieniecki and Justin Wong, all achieved grade A in Maths AS level, after just one term.

PICTURE CAPTION:
Gold medal winners
Back row left to right: Michelle D’Souza, Hannah Phoenix, Chen Tan and Wendy Leung.
Front row left to right: Alice Grout-Smith, Magnus Whittle, Julian Au-Yeung and Eric Zhang